Beth-Shean: Stratigraphic Table
(Updated: January 2001)

###:  Heavy Destruction

Period

Centuries

Beth-Shean

University Museum

Beth-Shean

Areas R

and S

Local strata

Beth-Shean

Other areas,

Local strata 

Medieval

11-12 CE

Level Ia

P1

Islamic

8-9CE

Level Ib

P2                L1

Byzantine

4-6CE

Level II

P3     H2 

                     L2

Roman

2-3 CE

Level III

P5

Hellenistic

2-1 BCE

Level III

P4

Iron Age IIB

Late 8^th BCE.

-

P6  (poor remains)

Iron Age IIB

8^th B.C. until 732

Level IV and Parts of Level v

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P7     

Iron Age IIB

9-early 8^th 

Parts of  Level  V (?)

P8a-b

Mid 9^th BCE

parts of Level V

P9

Iron Age IIA

10^th  

parts of  Level V

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S1

P10      N1

Iron Age IB

11^th

Temples of Level  V and structures of Level Late VI

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S2

-         

            N2    

Iron Age IA

12^th   until  ca. 1140

Level VI

“Late VII”

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S3 a-b

S4

-

Q1       N3a-b

LB IIB

13^th

Level VII

S5 

Q2       N4

 13^th

Level VIII

LBIIA

14^th century

Level IX1

R1a

LBIB

Late 15^th century

Level IX2

R1b

LBIA-B

15^th century

       -

R2

MBIIC

16^th century

Level XA

R3

MBIIC

Late 17^th century

Level XB

R4

Late 18^th /17^th century

Level XB/XI

R5

GAP

Intermediate BA  (MBI or EBIV)

23-21 centuries

Level XI (mixed)

R6

EBIII

27-24 centuries

Levels XI (part) - XIII

R11-7

M1

EBII

29-28 centuries

Part of  XIII and XIV?

R12 (may be  early EBIII)

M:  few sherds

EBIB

33-30 centuries

XIV

 M2       L(few remains)

 M3